Monday, March 25, 2013
National LGBT Health Awareness Week

Come Out for Health!

March 25th - March 29th.

Gain awareness and insight into the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, & learn how important & easy it is to support LGBT initiatives & your LGBT colleagues!
  • Monday, March 25th, 12-1pm, One Colorado, LGBT Health Disparities & Reform, Sabin.
  • Tuesday, March 26th, 12-1pm, Trans*Panel, Trans*stories and Q&A, C1E.
  • Wednesday, March 27th, 12-1pm, PFLAG, Being an ally & preventing violence, Carson.
  • Thursday, March 28th, 12-1pm, Human Rights Campaign, Marriage Equality/Legal Issues, C1E.
  • Friday, March 29th, 12-1pm, Safe Zone & Equality Forum for CDPHE staff, Carson.  
Contact Al Stafford (x4021) or Liz Lemmonds (x3515).
Annual Employee Wellness Awards
The Employee Wellness Committee invites you to celebrate the health and wellness of all department employees with Executive Director Dr. Chris Urbina at 10 a.m. Thursday at the main campus flagpole. Annual Wellness Award recipient Lynda Saignaphone and Wellness Heroes Sara Maki and Rich Marquez will be recognized. We also will recognize the efforts of the Wellness Advisory Board and all of the Wellness Champions.

In case of inclement weather, this event will be held in Cleere.

Wellness Classes
  • Monday, March 25th, Noon to 1pm, Sleeping Well- Simple techniques to improve your sleep quality, A2B.
  • Wednesday, March 27th, 3 to 3:30pm, Breathe-Smile-Breathe, Introduction to mindfulness meditation, B2D
Contact: Dan McKenna for any CDPHE Employee Wellness questions.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Welcome to daylight saving time (DST)!

What are you planning on doing with your extra hour of daylight?
Please share in the comments section how this time of year and DST inspires you. Looking for inspiration? Come to this week's Brown Bag with Jamie Atlas at noon on Wednesday for some great ideas.



While we are on the topic of DST, raise your hand if you, your family members, or your pet had difficulty waking up the past 2 days!  This is a great example of how your schedule influences your internal body clock and why your personal habits around sleep matter so much.  To see what you might learn from our mammalian cousin's reaction to light and activity, see this research article from Verwey, Robinson and Amir.  If you are interested in learning more about easy strategies for improving the quality of your sleep come to any of the Sleeping Well sessions that will be scheduled over the next few months at the main campus and lab.  
Mayo Clinic also has useful sleep tips for you to consider.


 Heart Health & Physical Activity Brown Bag
Come join in the fun with motivational fitness instructor & personal trainer Jamie Atlas a partner with the American Heart Association.
Wednesday, March 13th, Carson, 12-1pm
Jamie Atlas, an Australian born fitness instructor has been a personal trainer since 1991. He has a BSc Double Major is Neuroscience and Psychology and a diploma of Education with emphasis in Sports and Recreation. He is a National Certified Personal Training with NSCA with a certificate in Strength and Conditioning. He has also received his GIFT Graduate certificate in functional movement therapy.
Jamie was named 2002 Personal Trainer of the Year by the Athletic Club at Denver Place and is a former professional basketball player for the Australian National League. He is now the owner of Bonza Bodies a small group personal training studio in the heart of Downtown Denver. The small group personal training program won 2011 Top of the Town for Best Boot Camp.
Jamie is a close partner with the American Heart Association, aiding in many of our programs including corporate speaking and our Better U program. www.bonzabodies.com





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Friday, March 1, 2013

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month


As we say goodbye to February and anticipate the first signs of spring, here at CDHPE Employee Wellness we continue our quarterly focus Physical Activity & Heart Health.  This month we will present wellness awards for the quarterly wellness challenge, select our Annual Wellness Award winner, and recognize employees that have been nominated by their colleagues as Wellness Heroes! Also, on March 13th at noon, we will also have our next Wellness Brown Bag with the American Heart Association's partner and local celebrity, Jamie Atlas.





As with many preventable diseases and conditions, the prevention strategies that work for Heart Health also help prevent other diseases.



Today, you may see some of your colleagues dressed in  blue to raise awareness about colorectal cancer. 




Continue to support colorectal cancer awareness and participate in your own prevention plan by signing up for the Undy 5000 a 5K family friendly run/walk at City Park in Denver on June 22nd.



Cancer Causes and Control 2000 

Current Nutrition Reports 2012

Annual Revue of Public Health 2012

In the Know

Mark Bittman, from the New York Times, has an Opinionator post "It's the Sugar, Folks" about Robert Lustig's research on the relationship between sugar consumption and diabetes prevalence.  

Here is a link to original research article by Basu, Yoffe, Hills & Lustig in the journal PLOS One: The Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence: An Econometric Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data

How have you started to limit added sugar in your diet?
Please send Dan McKenna your comments about what works for you at home, at work, and when dining out. 



Wellness Classes

Sleeping Well
Tuesday March 5th, 12:00 to 1:00, C1C

Breathe Smile Breathe: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Thursday, March 7th, 3:00-3:30, C1C




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